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The World Health Organization's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, here at a press conference earlier this year, gave his reaction Monday to President Trump's declaration about funding the agency. Tedros said he learned of Trump's decision from the president's b

WHO's Measured Reaction To Trump's Pledge To Cut U.S. Ties To The Agency

3:57pm June 01, 2020

by Pien Huang

On Friday, President Trump said he would sever ties — and funding — to the World Health Organization because of its relationship with China. On Monday, WHO offers its first official response.

President Trump's latest confrontation with Twitter was set off after the tech company placed fact-checking warnings on two of his tweets.

Politics & Government

Stung By Twitter, Trump Signs Executive Order To Weaken Social Media Companies

8:11pm May 28, 2020

by Bobby Allyn

President Trump signs an executive order aimed at limiting the broad legal protections enjoyed by social media companies days after Twitter fact-checked two of his tweets.

Politics & Government

North Carolina Governor: RNC Hasn't Submitted Safety Plan

4:29pm May 28, 2020

by Associated Press, Jonathan Drew

President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed a preliminary trade agreement at the White House on Jan. 15. Since then, tensions between the two countries have grown.

U.S.-China Tensions Were Already High. Pandemic And Hong Kong Have Made Things Worse

10:15am May 28, 2020

by Scott Horsley

Relations between the economic giants have gone downhill fast since they signed a preliminary trade pact four months ago. The latest tussles over the coronavirus and Hong Kong add to the friction.

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President Trump, who uses Twitter as his primary form of communication, has long accused Facebook and Twitter of censoring conservative views.

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Trump Threatens To Shut Down Social Media After Twitter Adds Warning To His Tweets

6:01pm May 27, 2020

by Avie Schneider

President Trump's vow to "strongly regulate" such platforms comes a day after Twitter added a fact-check label to a pair of his tweets and renews his argument that those sites silence conservatives.

This Bornean horseshoe bat and other bat species can harbor coronaviruses. The nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance had U.S. government funding for an ongoing research project in China on bats and coronaviruses — until the money was cut on April 24.

77 Nobel Laureates Denounce Trump Officials For Pulling Coronavirus Research Grant

5:44pm May 22, 2020

by Nurith Aizenman

In a letter sent to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, these U.S. scientists said they were "gravely concerned" about the abrupt termination of a federal grant to EcoHealth Alliance.

Michael Cohen arrives Thursday at his Manhattan apartment after being released from federal prison.

Michael Cohen Released From Prison Due To Coronavirus Concerns

1:38pm May 21, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

President Trump's former attorney will be placed in home confinement. Thousands of federal inmates have been released to home confinement since March due to concerns about exposure to the coronavirus.

A portion of the letter that President Trump addressed to World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, posted late Monday night on Twitter in the midst of WHO's annual assembly.

Fact-checking And Assessing Trump's Letter Of Rebuke To WHO

8:20pm May 20, 2020

by Pien Huang

In his letter threatening to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization and halt all funding, Trump made a number of charges about WHO's handling of the coronavirus crisis.

Steve Linick, shown after a briefing on Capitol Hill in 2019, was fired by President Trump on Friday as the State Department's inspector general.

Trump Removes State Department Inspector General Steve Linick

5:37pm May 16, 2020

by Michele Kelemen

House Democrats accused the president of trying to protect Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from investigation by firing the State Department inspector general, Steve Linick.

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A protester attends a demonstration over Michigan's coronavirus restrictions on Thursday at the state Capitol in Lansing.

'Us Vs. Them' In A Pandemic: Researchers Warn Divisions Could Get Dangerous

7:14pm May 15, 2020

by Hannah Allam

The U.S. was deeply divided before the coronavirus. Now, researchers worry that the pandemic is worsening what they call a dangerously polarized climate.